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  • 3.00 Credits

    Utilizes quantitative relationships to gain insight into applied problems in teaching and learning. Allows students to link mathematics with teaching and learning of relevant public school curricula in the context of public school instruction. Also allows them to collect and analyze data as the basis for instructional decision making and reporting. Examines limitations of quantitative analysis in education and their implications for learners and educators. Prerequisites: successful completion of a M1<>QA experience and EDST 2000 for all students. Elementary education students must have successfully completed MATH 1100 and 1105 (an M2<>QB course). Secondary education students could have successfully completed an M2<>QB course in their subject area, although an M2<>QB course is not necessarily a prerequisite for secondary majors.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Designed to introduce students to key concepts and issues in classroom and standardized education assessments. topics include standards, reliability and validity of norm- and criterion-referenced assessments, and special issues surrounding the assessment of students with special needs. Addresses the basic ideas of classroom test design. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in QA or Q course, and EDST 2480, 2.75 Cumulative UW Institutional GPA.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prepares students for teaching abroad, by helping them to adapt to and understand the host country's culture, history, geography, political, and economic context. The course provides the practical information necessary for a foreign experience by exploring the principles of culture, shock, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, and the fundamentals of cross-cultural communication. Prerequisites: Junior or Senior class standing or consent of instructor. Acceptance into advanced standing of the teacher education program.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to acquaint students with philosophical, social, and political influences of North American education; to develop an understanding of the qualities of critical thinking for reflective teaching; to raise awareness of contemporary critical issues in education; to develop an understanding of individual differences, diversity, and multiculturalism. Practicum included. Prerequisites: earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, a cumulative UW Institutional GPA of 2.74 or better, and EDST 2450.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Addresses multiple disciplines. Exposes students to domestic and international perspectives of diversity and social justice. Moves students from a theoretical lens of diversity and social justice toward becoming change agents. Prerequisites: Junior/Senior standing, and completion of EDST 1500 or GWST/CHST/AMST/AAST/AIST 1040.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Examines cultural, geographical, linguistic, spiritual, political and societal factors before, during and after colonization of the Americas. Definitions and day-to-day realities of terms like ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, assimilation, acculturation, and institutional racism. Development of insights into positive teacher-pupil-community relationships that honor culture and language differences and enhance achievement. Cross listed with AIST 4110. Prerequisites: AIST 1001 and 15 credit hours of AIST or EDST.
  • 3.00 - 6.00 Credits

    In community-engaged learning, sometimes called "service learning," students have the privilege of gaining work experience with the benefit of a community mentor. This course is a seminar class with a field experience. Students will meet as a group as well as assigned a community field placement experience. Prerequisite: EDST 4050.
  • 1.00 - 5.00 Credits

    Offered only through extension services. Broad and flexible; can be utilized in numerous situations to meet local needs. Credit in this course is not applicable toward advanced degrees. Prerequisite: 6 hours of education.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    For undergraduate students selected to collaborate with UW faculty or professional staff in the delivery and sometimes the design of a university course, this course augments in-class experiences with an examination of basic learning and teaching principles. Offered S/U only. Prerequisites: 3.0 GPA; consent of instructor.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering through a laboratory experience. Students perform both hardware and computer laboratory exercises in a wide range of areas of electrical and computer engineering.